25 Things You Should Never Say at A Job Interview
Looking for a job is a full time job. And what will you say when you land that interview? Here are some things over at r/AskReddit they say you...
Published 4 years ago in Funny
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The funniest was when an applicant who grew up in Utah asked, "So is every day Hawaiian shirt day?" (I live in Hawaii) I was amused, but also knew it was going to be a bit of a culture shock for her. Everyone who gets their work done early gets to leave early because we all love to go surfing around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. -u/WatchingInSilence
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I was interviewing for a position that would be my coworker. My boss had already interviewed him. This dude asked if payment in bitcoin is an option. I said I didn't know, he'd have to ask HR. He then asked if I'm into bitcoin, which I'm not. He then proceeded to waste 10 minutes of a 30 min interview lecturing me about investing in bitcoin, throwing around short-forms for terms I'd never heard before. I kept politely saying, "Ok well, I'd like to know a bit more about your skill set with this" and he'd just launch into something else about f***ing bitcoin. -u/Ganglebot
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My first job interview ever. I didn’t really understand how employment worked in general, and I was scared of getting locked into a multi-year contract. I’d previously been looking at the Air Force, which in my country has a minimum time commitment. At the end, I wanted to ask about this. So of course I posed it as a hypothetical: “if I get the job am I allowed to leave after a couple of weeks if I change my mind?” I immediately knew how much I’d f***ed up. The interviewers looked at each other and said, “well… yes…”. Somehow I still got the job. I have no idea how. -u/ctothel
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I remember one job I applied for in a nursing home. I'd worked in healthcare/social care before, and wasn't unfamiliar to that line of work. I got invited for an interview, and it was going well. Then she asked me a scenario question: "say one of our patients began hitting out at another patient for changing the TV without asking permission, what would you do?". So I said, getting the other patient to safety/in a neutral place, calmly talking to patient 1 about how violence shouldn't be a solution, etc. The interviewer paused and said, "...But, what would you do?". Confused, I expanded: I would seek out help from my team if need be; I'd notify the senior in charge; I'd acknowledge both patients and speak to them both on a level playing field without taking any sides; I'd ask my team if this kind of outburst was common and how I could prevent it in future… Again, she asked "But... What would you do?". At this point, I really didn't know what she was angling after so I flat-out said: "I'm not sure what else you want me to say." I didn't get the job. -u/blinkrandom
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A lady asked my boss what the dress code was. Completely normal, acceptable question. But after my boss told her it was business casubanal she slams her feet on my boss’s desk and says “good, because this is the only pair of shoes I own and I’m only going to buy shoes that look like this” -u/OrangeTree81
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I once applied for a job that very rapidly became an obvious scam. It was a group interview; four of us in a room being interviewed at once. None of the others were applying for the same position as me. The CEO was there interviewing four entry-level applicants. The final question from him was: "If you make a mistake, our accountants will calculate exactly how much money you cost the company. Will you volunteer to pay the company that amount?" -u/Oudeis16
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